Hypokalaemic, hyperchloraemic metabolic acidosis requiring ventilation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 16-year-old patient required intermittent positive pressure ventilation for hypokalaemic muscle weakness resulting from metabolic complications of combined colonic bladder augmentation and incomplete voiding via a prosthetic sphincter. Catheter re-establishment of urinary flow and electrolyte replacement produced dramatic metabolic and clinical improvement allowing the return of adequate spontaneous respiration.
Medical subject headings
- Acidosis
- Chlorides
- Hypokalemia
- Urinary Diversion